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#REDIRECT [[Tony Tan#Personal life]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Mary Chee
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| native_name = <!--The person's name in their own language, if different.-->
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| image = Mary Tan.jpg
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|order1 = 7th
| office1 = First Lady of Singapore
| president1 = [[Tony Tan]]
| term_start1 = 1 September 2011
| term_end1 = 31 August 2017
|term_label1 = In role
| predecessor1 = Urmila Umi Nandey
| successor1 = Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee
| birth_name = Mary Chee Bee Kiang
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1941}}
| birth_place = [[Singapore]], [[Straits Settlements]]
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| nationality = [[Singaporean]]
| residence = [[Singapore]]
| alma_mater = [[National University of Singapore]]
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tony Tan]]|1 August 1964}}
| children = 3 sons <br/> 1 daughter
| occupation = [[Teacher]]
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'''Mary Chee Bee Kiang''' (born 1941)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yin|first1=Chai Hung|title=Women behind the men|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Elections/Story/A1Story20110822-295652/9.html|access-date=29 September 2017|work=AsiaOne|date=23 August 2011}}</ref> is the former [[First Lady of Singapore]] from 2011 to 2017. She is the spouse of [[Tony Tan]], who was the seventh [[President of Singapore]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam|url=http://www.istana.gov.sg/the-president/former-presidents/dr-tony-tan-keng-yam|website=The Istana|access-date=29 September 2017|date=1 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh|title=Debate on Bill prompts questions on ethnicity and identity|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/singapolitics/debate-on-bill-prompts-questions-on-ethnicity-and-identity|access-date=5 August 2017|work=The Straits Times|date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805172659/http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/singapolitics/debate-on-bill-prompts-questions-on-ethnicity-and-identity|archive-date=5 August 2017|language=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Tony Tan and Mary Tan 2011.jpg|thumb|right|215px|Tony Tan with his wife, Mary Tan]]
Tan revealed that they both met in university and married on 1 August 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|last=hermesauto|date=2017-08-01|title=President Tony Tan and wife Mary celebrate 53 years of marital bliss|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/president-tony-tan-and-wife-mary-celebrate-53-years-of-marital-bliss|access-date=2021-07-23|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Women behind the men|url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110822-295652/9.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=www.asiaone.com}}</ref>

They have four children: three sons and one daughter.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:First Ladies and Gentlemen of Singapore]]


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